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Lung cancer patients whose tumors are removed by surgery can improve their long-term odds of survival if they have chemotherapy after their operation, according to conclusions from two clinical trials announced at a cancer conference here on Saturday. The findings could alter the standard of...

Mike Gallo was 63 years old when he joined one of the world's fastest-growing fraternities. He had reeled through the shock of learning that he had cancer, a B-cell lymphoma. He had endured the potent doses of chemotherapy, the exhaustion, the mouth sores. He lost every strand of his flowing...

Human Genome Sciences is expected to announce today that its wound-healing drug Repifermin protected chemotherapy recipients from painful mouth sores in a midstage clinical trial. A previous trial had been unsuccessful, casting doubt over the future of Repifermin, one of the first drugs discovered...

Human Genome Sciences has described itself as working at the cutting edge of genomics, outpacing rivals in sifting through thousands of previously unknown human genes to come up with novel drugs. But the company is beginning to look to some analysts like just another me-too drug company. The...

Chemotherapy given before surgery improved survival by 2.6 years for patients with advanced bladder cancer, researchers reported here today. Patients in a study who received a standard combination of four drugs before surgery survived for 6.2 years compared with 3.6 years for patients who had...

At a recent visit for a periodic dental cleaning, my periodontist took a few extra minutes to examine the roof and floor of my mouth, upper reaches of my gums and my tongue for white or red patches that were possible signs of an oral cancer or precancer. The periodontist, Dr. Stephen F. Goodman,...

Cancer experts at an international conference here today were in such disagreement over the best way to treat advanced breast cancer that one, Dr. Karen Antman of Columbia University, said she was jokingly advised by her colleagues to wear a flak jacket while making her presentation. At issue...

She was a big-eyed baby with a look that could only be described as an impish grin. Her name was Kumari. Enchanting and much beloved, she was the first elephant born at the National Zoo in Washington, and hearts broke when she died there in 1995 at the age of 16 months, after a brief and mysterious...

Amid the recent blitz of scientific studies on the effectiveness of herbal treatments, Dr. Alan M. Dattner, a Westchester County dermatologist, stepped back to take a look at several herbal preparations that have sometimes been used to treat common dermatological problems. In the November issue...

In a study that underscores the risks of oral sex, scientists have found that an AIDS-like virus can infect monkeys after it is dabbed on the backs of their mouths. Six of seven rhesus monkeys in the experiment became infected with the monkey AIDS virus, or S.I.V., even though there were no...